Our Pet of the Month for January 2017 is the incredibly lucky Kino, a beautiful long haired ginger cat. He was originally bought into the Hounslow branch of Young Vet’s in October 2016 with a sore leg, under further investigation, X-rays revealed an air gun pellet lodged in his front paw. The pellet was removed and the wound was cleaned and stitched. Whilst under anaesthetic a complete body X- ray was taken of Kino and another pellet was found from a previous incident, this one was lodged in his abdomen. Luckily it had missed all of Kino’s vital organs and it was decided by head vet Matthew Wilson to leave this pellet as the wound had completely healed and was causing Kino no pain or distress. Fast Forward to January 2017 Kino was back visiting Young Veterinary Partnership for another mysterious injury this time to a hind leg. Following investigation from veterinary surgeon Frankie Sanders Hewitt, Kino was found to have new fragments from another pointed air gun pellet, which had broken 2 of his toes and required further surgery to remove these. Kino is back at home recovering with his owners, visiting us regularly for bandage changes and to check the wound is healing without infection.

Get well soon Kino. All the team wish you a speedy recovery!